Granddad who hid his illiteracy his entire life is finally learning to read at 72

A grandfather-of-four who hid his illiteracy his entire life finally learned to read - at the ripe old age of 72.

Lonnie Breitung struggled to understand bills, asked friends to help him fill out forms and was unable to recite the alphabet.

He failed his driving test as a teen because he couldn’t read the theory questions, and only passed aged 62 after a policeman read the exam aloud.